[Guardian-UK] Robert Tait - Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, used a historic visit to Tehran - the first by a Kremlin leader since Stalin in 1943 - to amplify his opposition to an American attack against Iran. "We should not even think of making use of force in this region," he told a five-nation summit meeting of Caspian Sea nations on Tuesday. Putin called on the five countries - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia and Iran - not to allow an outside power to use their territories to launch an attack on another member of the group. His comments appeared to be aimed at Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic which has a partnership deal with NATO. It has been touted as a potential launching pad for U.S. strikes against Iran after American military commanders inspected its airfields.
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